Can only print some plots in color

On MATLAB 7.6.0.324 (R2008a) on MacOS 10.6.8, some plots print in color and some do not.

[H] = plot(A, [B, C]); colormap(jet);

and

[V] = area(A, [B, C]); colormap(jet);

both yield plots in color on my screen. In the plot's windows, File -> Print -> Appearance -> Color Appearance -> Radio button clicked on Color (Monochrome is grayed out) -> Print yields a color print from the area plot, but a monochrome print for the plot plot.

How do I successfully print a color plot? It's clear my system is capable of printing in color, as the area plots print in color (I don't even have to set the Color Appearance to color for the area plots; they'll print in color even if I type "print" into the Command Window).

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Check the Renderer property of the current figure after creating each of the plots. I suspect you are having trouble printing plots created with some of the renderers.

[Eric Wilhelm]

In both figures, Renderer is "painters" and RenderMode is "auto".

[Walter Roberson]

Hmmm... Perhaps try setting Renderer to OpenGL

And instead of print(), try the File Exchange contribution "export_fig"